| Detoxification is a process and can be a gentle | | | | on your couch contemplating the universe, the banana |
| cleansing ora more rigorous therapy, where many | | | | can always come along for the ride. There are so |
| foods are completelyavoided over a long period of | | | | many aspects to this strange and wonderful fruit. Even |
| time. | | | | its shape is a bit mysterious; conjuring images of |
| The detoxifying program you would choose would | | | | tropical islands and sun-filled days. Did you know that |
| depend for themost part on the condition of your | | | | the word "banana" originates from the Arabic and |
| elimination system and yourove-rall health. | | | | means finger? Doesn�t that make you |
| Bananas: All That Potassium And Carmen Miranda | | | | wonder where the rest of the hand is? I have been |
| Too! | | | | hooked on bananas ever since I was a child, and Miss |
| "�We have old-fashioned tomahto, Long | | | | Chiquita, drawn by Dik Brown who also created the |
| Island potahto, but Yes, we have no bananas. We | | | | Campbell kids, used to sing to me through the television |
| have no bananas today.."- Folk song by Frank Silver | | | | in my parents� living room. (I always |
| and Irving Cohen (1923) | | | | wondered why she never had her own show. She |
| Whether you are off to Rio following the colorful trail | | | | was so much cuter than Ed Sullivan. |
| of Carmen Miranda�s fruit-filled hat or seated | | | | |